A surgical technique designed to preserve proprioceptive signals after amputation should allow patients to sense the location of their prostheses, feedback that is often compromised by convential surgery.

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Extracurriculars

Take a stroll around Harvard Square this summer and you’ll find a multitude of activities for all ages, ranging from the Summer Pops concert in Harvard Yard and the new Degas exhibit at the Sackler to skywatching at the observatory and tours of Walden Pond hosted by the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Frogz, by Carol Tiffler and Jerry Mouawad, is an artistic vaudeville circus performed by dancers dressed as penguins, sloths, alligators, cubed heads, giant balls, and other whimsical creations. For kids and adults.

• Through July 10

Amerika or The Disappearance, by Gideon Lester, is based on the Franz Kafka novel. Directed by Dominique Serrand.

• July 15 - August 7

The Syringa Tree, written and performed by Pamela Glen, is a memoir of a childhood spent under apartheid.

Left to right: A Solitary Fisherman on Walden Pond, smooth as glass, by Scot Miller, from Thoreau’s Walden at the Harvard Museum of Natural History; Untitled (Boy in cowboy outfit, Lockhart, Texas), 1949, by Harry Annas (1897-1980), is part of an exhibit that opens on August 6 at the Fogg.

Degas at Harvard offers 62 works by the artist, shown together for the first time. The exhibit also examines attitudes toward Degas in the United States and Harvard’s role in his career (see “Mad for Degas”).

• Opening August 27

Silver and Shawls: India, Europe, and the Colonial Art Market highlights the evolution of textiles and luxury wares.

Fogg Art Museum

• Opening August 6

A New Kind of Historical Evidence. Selected works from the Carpenter Center’s 28,000 prints and negatives question the true nature of photography.

Continuing: Thoreau’s Walden: A Journey in Photographs by Scot Miller. Taken over a five-year period, the 30 images chronicle the pond as an inspiration for artists, naturalists, and citizens. On July 9 and August 2 (from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), the museum hosts a family day-trip and tours of Walden Pond. On August 6, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., children’s author D.B. Johnson (Henry Hikes to Fitchburg) reads from his latest book, Henry Works, at the museum.

Miniature books from the collection of Julian I. Edison ’51, M.B.A. ’53, range from Babylonian tablets created circa 2300 B.C.E. to a 5-millimeter gold plaque incised with the words of the New Testament. 617-495-2440.